In my mind, scientists, philosophers, and artists, are all pretty out of touch with these types of things... maybe the same is true of more thinking types... the question being, where do you put your (free) time? From what I have experienced, conspiracy folks tend to be much less about satisfying a need for entertainment than a thirst for information (or at least the opportunity to theorize about it). I think that it is the cost of being "woke" or questing for freedom. still, just my opinion...
I mean, people are allowed to have other interests than conspiracy theories. I assume people posting here also post about music or video games or cats or whatever.
Reddit was changed a few weeks ago so that a different set of subs show up on the front page. A few humour based subs such as the pics of mini Trump one. This means that more 'satire' and postings mocking Trump appear (and indeed outright anti-Trump subs) and thus gives the impression to anybody looking that there is an enormous consensus on Trump bashing. Trump bashing really being more of a means of distracting from all that happened around those leaks all that time ago. You weren't going to get much of that in the boring old science based subs etc so the space is now filled with cringy anti Trump stuff instead. I was going to mention writing prompts as an example of a sub where there wouldn't be much capacity for Trump bashing then whilst scrolling down the page spotted a posting saying that this is now 'compromised' in it's own way funnily enough.
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n/a macjesu 2017-03-25
Fake upvotes for sure!! Many of reddit's users will not tell you the truth. It's dispicable!!!
n/a passenger_pidgin 2017-03-25
troll and bot armies are real, for sure... it's also possible/probable that lots of users come to reddit for stuff that we think is dumb or shallow.
n/a L1cketyspl1t 2017-03-25
I wondered if I was just out of touch with the things people find interesting
n/a passenger_pidgin 2017-03-25
In my mind, scientists, philosophers, and artists, are all pretty out of touch with these types of things... maybe the same is true of more thinking types... the question being, where do you put your (free) time? From what I have experienced, conspiracy folks tend to be much less about satisfying a need for entertainment than a thirst for information (or at least the opportunity to theorize about it). I think that it is the cost of being "woke" or questing for freedom. still, just my opinion...
n/a tedsmitts 2017-03-25
I mean, people are allowed to have other interests than conspiracy theories. I assume people posting here also post about music or video games or cats or whatever.
n/a L1cketyspl1t 2017-03-25
Maybe reddits way of trying to look busy
or a way of forcing material away from the front page
n/a patriotmissle 2017-03-25
It's the only way our handlers can get Reddits front page to Mirror CNN, and NBC
n/a mjbmitch 2017-03-25
Wait, are you being sarcastic? I don't understand how users could be held responsible for "fake upvotes" (whatever "fake" means in terms of upvotes).
n/a macjesu 2017-03-25
The users are real the upvotes are fake.
n/a mjbmitch 2017-03-25
Why are Reddit's users responsible for the fake upvotes?
n/a nottheoretical 2017-03-25
The Shilling is real. We're veterans of that fact around here.
n/a AIsuicide 2017-03-25
I just look for the stories/topics that should be there but are absent. Makes it simpler to see the agenda.
n/a homerdash 2017-03-25
i agree with you, wrt that cross dressing "reality" show
n/a lily_levasseur 2017-03-25
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n/a MollyNostrils23 2017-03-25
Reddit was changed a few weeks ago so that a different set of subs show up on the front page. A few humour based subs such as the pics of mini Trump one. This means that more 'satire' and postings mocking Trump appear (and indeed outright anti-Trump subs) and thus gives the impression to anybody looking that there is an enormous consensus on Trump bashing. Trump bashing really being more of a means of distracting from all that happened around those leaks all that time ago. You weren't going to get much of that in the boring old science based subs etc so the space is now filled with cringy anti Trump stuff instead. I was going to mention writing prompts as an example of a sub where there wouldn't be much capacity for Trump bashing then whilst scrolling down the page spotted a posting saying that this is now 'compromised' in it's own way funnily enough.
n/a UniverseDoesntOweYou 2017-03-25
I'm always amazed how /u/maxwellhill and /u/mvea seem to hit the front page of /r/all every single day for months and months.